Landscape Restoration

Catalog description

This advanced course examines histories and theories of restoration, the question of preservation versus conservation, and novel strategies for both mitigation and adaptation to address ecological health in the current climate crisis. The course focuses on the terrestrial and aquatic biomes of North America. Students will question and rethink conceptions of restoration as a return to a past condition, and they will attempt to constitute a theory of dynamic ecological health that embraces novel ecosystems and natural disturbance regimes.